Friendship in the Book of Job: Art, Context, and Theology from an African Perspective

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Mark S Aidoo

Friendship in the Book of Job

Art, Context, and Theology from an African Perspective

Mark S Aidoo

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English

Pickwick Publications
07 November 2024

Christianity; Old Testaments; Sacred texts

Friendship is an important aspect of human society and a virtue that lies at the heart of sub-Saharan African societies. This study explores the art of friendship in the book of Job and how it resonates in the sub-Saharan African setting. As a wisdom tradition, the story offers a critique of friendship and of appropriate action with reference to particular circumstances, institutions, and persons, showing how the speeches, actions, and inactions of the characters inform friendship identities. Readers are exposed to proverbs, parables, and sayings from African communities, which show the richness of African culture and ethos. The similarities and differences between Western and African traditional worldviews and views of friendship come out clearly in the communal values of relatedness, loyalty, collaboration, empowerment, and goodwill.

By: Mark S Aidoo
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9781666777215
ISBN 10: 1666777218
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 07 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark S. Aidoo is associate professor of Old Testament at the Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Ghana. His research interests are in biblical interpretation, preaching, African spirituality, and leadership. He is the author of Journeying with Ruth on a Mission (2022), Ecclesiastes as Drama (2022), Leadership in the Book of Esther (2020), and Shame in the Individual Lament Psalms and African Spirituality (2017).

Reviews for Friendship in the Book of Job: Art, Context, and Theology from an African Perspective

""This book provides a fresh reading of the book of Job and covers a huge gap in African scholarship on friendship. Its application of African understandings of friendship onto the book of Job, which has been predominantly interpreted around the theme of suffering, breaks new ground in the study of both friendship in Africa and the book of Job."" --Lovemore Togarasei, Zimbabwe Open University, Harare, Zimbabwe